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- Amy Cunningham from Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, won a Future Makers Award at this year’s CoderDojo Coolest Project Awards, sponsored by Virgin Media and its parent company Liberty Global. A pupil in Scoil Nioclais Naofa National School in Dunlavin, Amy built a special beehive called Amy’s Buzzy Hive, which monitors the activities of bees, using sensors and a special software. Her project was selected as a winner from over 1,000 projects developed by young people from 17 countries. Amy Cunningham (centre) recipient of the Futures Makers Award, with (L/R) Gillian Stedman, presenter of RTÉ news2day; James Whelton, Co- Founder of CoderDojo; Annalise Tyrie, Corporate Responsibility Manager, Liberty Global and Philip Smyth, award winning physicist and engineer. NO REPRO FEE, FREE TO USE, picture by Conor McCabe.
Wicklow pupil scoops coding award for Buzzy Hive Project
Amy Cunningham from Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, won a Future Makers Award at this year’s CoderDojo Coolest Project Awards, sponsored by Virgin Media and its parent company Liberty Global. Amy built a special beehive called Amy’s Buzzy Hive, which monitors the activities of bees, using sensors and a special software. Her project was selected as a winner from over 1,000 projects developed by young people from 17 countries. She is a pupil in Scoil Nioclais Naofa National School in Dunlavin.
The inspiration for Amy’s project stems from her concern that bees and our food sources are under threat - as much of the world’s food production depends on pollination by bees. Her creative invention provides data which could help to save bees from extinction by knowing better how they are getting on in the hive and monitoring the quality of their honey production (a key sign of bee health).
About CoderDojo’s Coolest Projects
CoderDojo’s Coolest Projects is a world leading showcase that inspires the next generation of digital creators, innovators, change makers and entrepreneurs. The CoderDojo Coolest Projects Showcase offers young people from the international CoderDojo Community the opportunity to present the projects they have created at their local CoderDojo. It is both a competition and exhibition to showcase, inspire and enable innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and technology skills in youth innovators aged 7 – 17.
